Sitecom WL-328 manual

WL -328 300N concurrent dual band R outer (802.11bgn draft 2.0)[...]

2 User Manua l T A B LE OF C ONTENTS 1 KEY FEA TURES ....................................... ........................................... 4 2 PACKAG E CONTEN TS................................................................ ......... 5 3 PRODUCT LAYOUT ............................................................................ 6 4 NETWORK + SYS TE[...]

3 Introduction Congratu lations on y our p urchase of t he WL-328 Wirel ess Network B roadband Router. The WL-328 is compliant with draft 802.11n v 2.0 up t o 6 tim es faster than standar d 802.11g ba sed routers while still being c ompatibl e with 802.11g & 802.11b gadg ets. Th e WL-328 is not only a W ireless Access Po int, but also doubles a[...]

4 1 Key Features Features Adv antages Incredible Data R ate u p to 300Mbps* Heavy data p ayloads such as MPEG v ideo streamin g IEEE 802. 11n draft 2.0 Compliant and backward compat ible with 802.11b/g Ful ly Interoperab le with IEEE 802 .11b / IEEE8 02.11g comp liant devic es with leg acy prot ection Four 10/100 Mb ps Fast S witch Ports (Auto-Cros[...]

5 2 Package Contents Open t he packa ge car efully , an d ma ke sure that none of t he items listed below a re m issing. Do not d iscard the packing material s, i n cas e of retur n; the unit must be shipp ed back in its original pac kage. 1. WL-328 Rout er 2. 220V~24 0V Power Ada pter 3. Quick Instal l Guide 4. CD (User’s M anual) 5. Warranty ca[...]

6 3 Product Layout Port Description Po w er connector Connect th e 12V DC ad apter to this p ort LAN ( Y ellow ) Connect your PC’s or network devices to t his port WAN ( Blue ) Connect your ADSL/ Cable mo dem to th is port[...]

7 Backlabel The backla bel describes t he IP address , login details, SSID, security co de and WPS button fu nctionality . Button Description WPS BUTT ON Press 0-5 sec onds for 2. 4 GHz WPS mo de Press 5-10 s econds for 5 GHz WPS mo de Press 10 seco nds to reset th e router Press 15 Secon ds to reset th e router to factory defaults.[...]

8 LED Definition From left to r ight. Port Description LAN ( Blue ) Shows the ca ble is connect ed. LAN ( Blue ) Shows the ca ble is connect ed. LAN ( Blue ) Shows the ca ble is connect ed. LAN ( Blue ) Shows the ca ble is connect ed. WAN ( Blue ) Shows the ca ble is connect ed. WiFi 5 GH z (White) Shows WiFi act ivity on the 5 GHz band. WiFi 2.4 G[...]

9 4 Net w o rk + Sy s tem Requireme n ts T o begin usin g the WL -3 28, make s ure you meet th e following a s mi nimum requirements: • PC/Notebook. • Operating System – Microsoft Windows XP/ 2000/VIST A • 1 Free Ether net port. • WiFi card/USB dongle (802. 11 b/g/n) – optional. • External xDSL (A DSL) or C able modem wit h an Ethern [...]

10 6 Setup LAN, WA N WAN connection: LAN connecti on:[...]

1 1 7 PC Net w ork Adapter setup ( Windows XP ) • Enter [Star t Menu]  se lect [Control pan el]  se lect [Network ]. • Select [Local Ar ea Connect ion]) ico n=>select [pro perties][...]

12 • Select [Inter net Protoc ol (TCP/IP)] =>C lick [Pro perties]. • Select the [Ge neral] tab . The WL-328 s upports [DH CP] function, please se lect both [Obtai n a n IP address auto matically] and [Obtain DNS server ad dress automatica lly].[...]

13 8 Bring up the W L -328 Connect the supplied p ower-adapter to the po wer inlet port an d c onnect it to a wa ll o ut let. The WL-32 8 autom atica lly enter s the self-test p hase. Du r ing self-test phase, t he Power L ED will be l it con tinuously to i n dicate th at this product is in normal ope ration. 9 Initial Setup W L -328 LOGIN procedur[...]

14 3. Type user nam e and pa ssword (defau lt is admin/a dmin). 4. Click OK . 5. You will see t he home page of the WL- 328. The System status section allows you to monitor the current status o f your rout er the U P time, hardware inform ation, serial number as well as f irmwar e v ersion information i s displaye d here. DHCP serv er[...]

15 The DHCP server tab g ives you th e opportunity to change t he IP sett ings of the WL-328. Click <App ly> at the b ottom of this scr een to save a ny chang es. IP address 192. 168.0.1. It is t he r outer’s LA N IP address (Y our LAN clients default gateway IP ad dress). IP Subn et Mask 255. 255.255. 0 Specify a Sub net Mask for your LAN [...]

16 Lease T ime For ever. I n th e Lea se Time settin g yo u ca n s pecify th e t ime period that the DHC P l e nds a n IP address to yo ur LAN clients. The DH CP will change your LAN c lient’s IP ad dress when t his time thre shold period is reached. IP Ad dress Pool You can select a particular IP address range for your DHCP server to iss ue IP a[...]

17 Internet Status This pa ge di s plays whether th e WAN p ort is c onnected to a Cable/DSL connection. It also dis plays t he rout er’s WAN IP address, S ubnet Ma sk, a nd ISP Gateway as we ll as M AC a ddress, th e P rimary DN S. Press Ren ew b utton to renew your WAN IP addr ess.[...]

18 DHCP Status DHCP T his page s hows all DHC P clients (LAN PC s) currently c onnecte d to your network. The table shows t he assigned IP address, MAC address and expiration time f or each DHCP leased client. Use the Refresh button to u pdate the available information. You can check Enab le Static DHCP IP . It is possible to add m ore static DHCP [...]

19 WL-328 Log View the operation lo g o f the WL-32 8 . This p age sho ws the current syst em log of the Broadban d router . It displays any eve nt occurred a fter system s tart up. A t the bot tom of t he page, the syst em lo g can be save d <Save> t o a local f ile for further processing or the system log can be cl eared <Cl ear> or i[...]

20 WL-328 Statistics Shows the cou nters of p ackets sent a nd receive d on WAN, LAN & WLAN.[...]

21 10 Configuration Wizar d Click Wizard to confi gure the r outer. T he S etup w izard will now be displayed; check that t he modem is connected a nd click N ext. Select your country from the Co untry list. Sel ect your i nternet provider . Click Next. Depending on the ch osen provi der, yo u may need to ent er your user name a nd password, MAC ad[...]

22 Click APPLY to compl ete the confi guration.[...]

23 11 Wireless Set tin gs You can set par ameters that are use d f or the w ireless stat ions to co nnect to this ro uter for th e 2.4 Ghz radio or 5 Gh z radio. The paramet ers include Mo de, ESSID, C hannel Numb er and Asso ciated Client. Wireless Fun ction Enable or D isable Wirele ss function h ere. Click A pply and wait for m odule t o be read[...]

24 Basic Settings Mode Allows you to set the AP to AP, S tation, Bridg e or WDS mod e. Band Allows you t o set the AP fixed at 802 .11b or 802.1 1g m ode. You can also select B+G mode t o allow 802 11b and 802 .11g clients at th e same time. ESSID This is the nam e of the wireless s ignal which is broad casted. All the devices in th e same wir eles[...]

25 A d vanced Settings This tab allow s you to s et the a dvanced wireles s options. The options included are Authenticat ion Type, Fragme nt Threshold, RTS T hreshold, B eacon Interval, a nd Prea mble T ype. Yo u shou ld not cha nge these parameter s unless you know w hat effect the c hanges wil l have on t he router. Authen tication Type There ar[...]

26 Beacon Interval is t he interva l of time th at this wir eless ro uter broadcasts a beacon. A B eacon is use d to sync hronize the wir eless network . Data R ate The “Dat a R ate” is th e rate tha t th is acces s point u ses to t ransmit data packets. The access point will use the highest possible selected transmissi on rate to transm it the[...]

27 Security This Access P oint provid es c omplete w ireless LA N security funct ions, included are WEP, IEE E 802.1 1x, IEEE 802. 11x with W EP, WPA wit h pre-shar ed key and WPA w ith RADIUS. With these sec urity function s, you can prev ent your wireless LAN from illega l a ccess. Please make sure your w ireless stations u se the same secur ity [...]

28 WEP When you se lect 6 4-bit or 128-bit WEP key, you ha ve to ent er WE P keys to encrypt data. Yo u can generate the key by y ourself an d e nter it. You can enter four W EP keys a nd s elect o ne of th em a s a defa ul t key. Then t he r outer can rece ive any packets encrypted by one of the fo ur keys. Key Leng th You ca n s elect the WEP k e[...]

29 WP A P re-shared Key Wi-Fi Protected Acc ess ( WPA) is an advance d s ecurity sta ndard. You c an use a pre- shared key to authent icate w ireless stat ions an d e ncrypt data during communicat ion. It u ses TKIP or CCMP (AES) to c hange the e ncryption key frequently. S o the e ncryption k ey is not easy to be cracked by hackers. T his is the b[...]

30 A CL This wireless router supports MAC A ddress Contr ol, which prevent s unauthorize d clients fro m accessing yo ur wirele ss network. Enabl e wireless acces s cont rol Enables the w ireless access control functio n Adding an address into th e list Enter the "MA C Address" and "Co mment" of the w ireless st ation to be a dd[...]

31 you try t o set up a w ireless co nnection. Y ou only need to press a button on both wire less client an d wireless rout er, and WPS will do the rest for you. The w ireless router su pports tw o types of WPS: WPS via Push Button and WPS via PIN code. If you want to use the Push Button, you have t o push a specific b utton on t he wirel ess clie [...]

32 WPS via Pu sh Butt on Press the button t o start the WPS process. Th e router will wait for t he WPS re quest from th e wireless devices within 2 m inutes. WPS via PIN You can fill-in t he PIN code of t he w ireless d evice an d press the button to star t the WP S process. The router wil l wa it for the WPS r equest from the wir eless device wit[...]

33 12 Firewall Setti n gs The Broadba nd router provides ext ensive firewal l protection by restr icting connection para meters, thus limitin g the risk of hacker attack s, a nd defending against a w ide array of comm on Int ernet a ttacks. H owever, for app lications that require unrestricted a ccess t o the I nternet, you can configure a specif i[...]

34 DMZ If y ou ha ve a client PC t hat ca nnot r un an Internet application ( e.g. G ames) properly fr om beh ind the NA T firewal l, then you can o pen up the firewall restrictions to unrestr icted two- way Int ernet a ccess by d efinin g a DMZ Host. The D MZ f unction a llows you to re- direct a ll packets going to your WA N port IP addre ss to a[...]

35 Denial of Service (DoS) The Broadba nd router's firewall can block common ha cker attacks, including Denial of Service, Ping of Death, Port Scan a nd Sync Flood. If Internet atta cks occur the r outer can lo g the events . Ping o f Death Protections fro m Pin g of Death att ack Discard Pi ng From WAN The router’ s WAN p ort will not resp [...]

36 A cc ess You c a n restrict us ers from accessing cert ain Internet a pplications/ser vices (e.g. Inter net we bsites, ema il, FTP etc .), Ac cess C ontrol allows users t o define the tr affic typ e permitte d in y our LAN. Yo u can control whic h PC client ca n have access to these ser vices. Deny If you select “Deny” t hen all clients will[...]

37 Filter client PC by M AC C heck “ Enab le MAC Filterin g” to en a ble MAC Filtering. Add PC F ill in “Client PC MAC Address” and “Comment” of t he PC that i s allowed to acce ss th e Inter net, a nd then click “Add”. If you find any typo before adding it and want to r etype again, just click "Reset" and the f ields wil [...]

38 URL b lock You can b lock access t o som e Web sites from particular PCs by enterin g a ful l URL address or j ust key words of the Web site. Enabl e URL Blocking E nable/disab le URL Block ing Add URL Keyword F ill in “URL /Keyw ord” a nd t hen c lick “Add”. You can enter the full URL a ddress or t he keyword of the we b site you want t[...]

39 13 Ad v an ced Setti n gs Network Address Trans lation (N AT) a llows m ultiple users at y our loca l site to access the Internet t hrough a single Pu blic IP Address or multiple Pub lic IP Addresses. NAT provi des F irewall prot ection from hacker attack s and has the flexibility to a llow you to m ap Private IP A ddresses to P ublic IP Addres [...]

40 Co mment descriptio n of this setting. Add Port Forwarding Fil l in t he "Private IP", “Type”, “Port Range” and "Comment" of t he sett ing to be added and th en click "Add". Then this Port Forwarding setting wi ll be add ed into t he "Curr ent Port Forwar ding Table" below. Remove Po rt Forwarding [...]

41 Virtual Server Use the Virt ual Server function wh en you wa nt different s ervers/client s in your LAN t o hand le dif ferent service/I nternet a pplication t ype ( e.g. Ema il, FTP, W eb ser ver etc.) f rom the Intern et. C omputers use num bers cal led port numbers to recognize a particular service/Inter net application type. The Virtual Serv[...]

42 this Virtual Server sett ing will be ad ded into th e "Current V irtual Serve r Table" below. Remove Vi rtual S erver If you wa nt t o r emove V irtual Ser ver s ettings fr om the "Current V irtual S erver Table", s elect the Vir tual S erver sett ings y ou wa nt to remove in t he ta ble and th en click "D elete Sele cte[...]

43 Special A p plications Some app lications re quire m ultiple co nnections, such a s Internet games, video Conf erencing, Inter net telephony a nd ot hers. In this se ction you can configure the router to support multip le c onnectio ns for thes e t ypes of applications. Enabl e Trigger Port Ena ble the Specia l Application fun ction. Trigg er P [...]

44 location ( 1-10) in the C opy to selecti on box a nd t hen click th e Co py to button. This w ill automat ically l ist the P ublic Ports re quired for this po pular applicat ion in the locat ion (1-10) y ou specifie d. Add S pecial Application Fill i n the " Trigger Port", "Trigg er Type”, “Public Port”, "Pub lic Ty pe&[...]

45 A p plication layer gateway( A CL) You can select applications t hat need “Ap plication Layer Gateway” su pport. Enabl e select enable “A pplication Lay er Gateway ”, then the ro uter will let the selected a pplication corr ectly pass throu gh the NA T gateway.[...]

46 UPNP With UPnP, a ll PCs in you Intranet will discover this ro uter automatically, so you don’t h av e to conf igure your PC and it c an easily a c cess t he I nter net through this router. UPnP Feature You ca n enab le or D isable th e U PnP feature here. After y ou enable the UPnP fea ture, all client s ystems that support UPnP, like Win dow[...]

47 Quality of serv i ce QoS ca n let you classify Internet application tr affic by s ource/dest ination IP address a nd port number. You ca n assign priority for each ty pe o f a pplication and reserve b a ndwidth for it. The packets of a pplications with h igher priority will a lways go first. L ower priority a pplicati ons wil l get bandwidt h af[...]

48 Adjust QoS rule p riority Y o u ca n select the r ule and click “Mov e Up ” to make its priority higher. Y ou also can select the rule an d click “M ove Down” t o make its priority lower.[...]

49 14 TOOLBOX Settings Password change opt ion s You can chang e the password re quired to log into the broadband router's system we b-based mana gement. B y defa ult, the password is: admin. Passwords can conta in 0 to 12 alp hanumer ic cha racters, a nd are ca se sensitive. Curren t Password Fill in the c urrent passwor d to allow cha nging [...]

50 T i me Zone The Time Zone a llows your ro uter to ba se its time on the sett ings config ured here, which w ill affect f unctions s uch as Log e ntries and Fir ewall settings. Set Time Z one S elect t he time zone of th e co untry you are current ly in. T he router will set its time based on yo ur selection. Time S erver Address Y ou can set an [...]

51 Remote The rem ote management function a llows you to designate a host in the Internet the ability to conf igure the Br oadband router f rom a r emote site. Enter the d esignated h ost IP Address in the Host IP Address fiel d. Host Add ress This is the IP a ddress of the host in t he Int ernet that wil l have manageme nt/configurat ion a ccess t[...]

52 Firmware This page al lows you to u pgrade the r outer’s firmwar e. Firmware Upgrade Th is tool allows you to upgrade th e Br oadband router’s system firmware. To upgrade the firmware of your B roadband router, you need t o download th e fir mware file to your local hard disk, and enter t hat f ile name an d path in the appropriat e fiel d o[...]

53 Backup The Back up scree n allows you to s av e (Backup) th e router’s current configurat ion settings. When you save the co nfiguration setting (B ackup) you can r e-load the saved configuration into t he r outer throug h the Restor e selection. If extrem e p roblems oc cur y ou can use t he R estore to F actory Defaults select ion, this will[...]

54 Reset You can reset t he ro uter’s syst em s hould any problem exist. T he reset function ess entially re-boots your router ’s system.[...]

55 DDNS DDNS allows y ou to m ap the static domain name to a dynamic IP a ddress. You m ust get an account, passw ord a nd your stat ic domain name from the DDNS service provid ers. This r outer suppor ts D ynDNS, TZO and ot her common DDN S serv ice providers. Enabl e/Disable Enab le or disable th e DDNS funct ion of th is router Provi der Select [...]

56 Pa rts of the firmwar e of the WL -328 Wireless Broadband router ar e subject to the GNU gener al public license. Appendix A : Licensin g Inform a tion This product includes third-pa rty softwa re licensed under the terms of the GNU Ge n er al Public License. . Y ou can modify or redistribute this free softw are under the terms of the GN U Gener[...]

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